Public Trust and Confidence in the Police

Peter Whittle: How does the Mayor propose to reverse the decline in public trust and confidence in the police?

The Mayor: Trust and confidence in the police is crucial to keeping London safe. Indeed, over the last two years, confidence has declined in institutions across England and Wales.
However, 80 per cent of Londoners consistently say they trust the MPS. But, it’s concerning to see a fall the number of people who feel the police do a good a job locally. There are also gaps in levels of trust across London’s communities.
So, it is welcome that London now has the greatest number of female and BAME officers ever, thanks to targeted recruitment. I’m also proud of the work we are doing to improve transparency, like the rollout of BWV. In the 12 months to December 2019, the downward trend in public confidence has started to stabilise.

Decision to Remove “Audit Conclusion: Requires Improvement” from final version of IA 17780’s Title Page

Caroline Pidgeon: The drafts of IA 17780 released in Question 2019/12001 included the conclusion “Requires Improvement” as does also the post-meeting note in the 26 June 2017 Minutes of the Safety, Sustainability and Human Resources Committee.
Which TfL Executive was responsible for removing that information for the Audit’s title page? Please provide any decision memo, emails or notes relating specifically to that decision.

The Mayor: The removal of the text “Requires Improvement” on the first page of the draft report which was sent to Tram Operations Limited on 11 July 2017 was made by Transport for London (TfL) Internal Audit. Please see the email from TfL to TOL dated 31 July 2017 and included in the documents provided in response to Mayor’s Question 2019/12001. The internal record of that decision is in the attached email chain.
As I explained in my response to Mayor’s Question 2019/19759, the report was issued with the correct classification and no evidence or recommendations were deleted from the report.